A very different side headed to Bartercard Oval at Mudgeeraba to take on the reigning premiers, and put in a solid effort. Mudgee got off to a good start at 0/70, but after clawing back with a few cheap wickets we had them on the ropes at 5/108. A strong partnership saw them declare at 6/187 off 65 overs. Greenie bowled well for 2/35 off 21 overs, Dave Saunders put in for1/69 off 19 and Trav bowled well for 1/56 off 18 overs.
Mudgee expected us to fold to them, however we had different ideas, finishing a strong late afternoon session at 1/25. Heading into day 2, and needing a further 160 runs to pull off a remarkable victory, the day started well with a solid partnership from night watchman Dave Saunders (18) and super sub Stingers (40) had us looking good at 3/90. However negative tactics from Mudgee by stacking the offside and bowling wide of off stump saw things level out again, and apart from an unbeaten 19 from Trav and a quick 10 from Nathan Finney, we fell 50 runs short being bowled out for 137.
